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ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
StudentHousingBusiness.com January/February 2018
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This flexibility creates more casual
settings that are closer to home
in the students' psyche and more
attractive and easier to market to
potential student residents.
Boarman: Adding to my earlier
thoughts, amenitizing ground
floor areas and the roof planes on
top of garages and units is a trend
that has been really successful.
If you're going to have amenity
space like the lobby, lounges, or
even indoor pool areas, opening
those up to an outdoor court-
yard doubles the visual impact
of that amenity space. You can
build less indoor space because
you're maximizing by planning
it with adjacent outdoor space.
That's a strategy that we brought
over from conventional apart-
ment buildings, and it's trending.
Then wrapping all the amenity
functions around that outdoor
space creates a sense of commu-
nity and allows a lot of opportu-
nity for students to interact. We're
also providing little niches like
mail areas, lobby areas, and coffee
and juice bars where students can
connect with each other. Blend-
ing these smaller spaces with the
larger spaces creates flexibility
because you want them to look
full when there's only a few stu-
dents there, but if you have a
grand football day, you can really
fill the room and people can still
be comfortable.
Kimsey: Public areas are being
programmed and designed antici-
pating future alternative uses. We
are designing a variety of gather-
ing areas, both indoor and out-
door, with multi-purpose func-
tionality and movable furniture
for maximum flexibility.
SHB: Developers are interested in
efficiency and many universities
are interested in sustainable cam-
puses. What are your clients seek-
ing in terms of green residential
properties and how are you help-
ing them meet their goals?
Kimsey: Both on and off-campus
projects are focusing on the oper-
ational aspects of green design.
The goal is to reduce energy costs.
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